Drupal can do it, so I hear. Dating Site.

Seeing the incredible success of plenty of fish, I would love to build my own free dating/social networking website. Heck, I guess the ship has sailed on that one, but at least I want to learn how to build one, and have it out there to see what happens. I was excited to read that Drupal, in theory has the ability to build such a site. I will give it a go and see how far I get.

Finally, I will try wordpress.org

I finally decided to try out Wordpress.org. Wordpress.com is the less flexible, online version. With Wordpress.org, you need to download it and pay for hosting.
Why did I try wordpress, well.....I would like to try something more robust than blogger, so I will give it a try. My knowledge is still very limited, but so far, I like what I see. I hope that blogger grows too. I would like to see it become more powerful and flexible. The future looks bright for bloggers but the competition is getting stiff....for both bloggers and software developers.

Law of average.

I am going to talk about something really obvious, but I think it may be valid to share my philosophy with all my readers. Whenever I decide on a product or service based on information I read on the internet, I always read at least 10 candid opinions on different blogs and forums. I don't consider the best or worst reviews, because they might be biased, but I always consider the average review. Of course I rule out any products with mostly bad reviews because it is probably true if everyone thinks so. The more you read from different sources, the better. It is so obvious, but never ever base your opinion on just one source. Remember that when reading opinions on the web.

http://100webspace.com/ free hosting

I tried out free hosting by http://100webspace.com/ but with most free hosting, it is pretty poor. Yesterday I built my drupal and wordpress test sites, but all day today I couldn't access them. Alas, it seems like paid hosting is the only way to go. Also, I wanted to choose a hosting company that is located in the USA. I don't think http://100webspace.com/ is. I stayed away from Yahoo and Godaddy for hosting because I have had bad experiences with them. But I also heard some good reviews, so who knows. Anyway, in the end, I went with bluehost.com. Only time will tell what kind of success I will have with them. Stay tuned.

One little victory. Google ads on my phpbb forum.

I am challenging myself to make some money with a website that uses "user generated content", so I have decided to focus on building phpbb forums with google adsense. Alas, after reading some forums on the net, I found the code to insert the ads. Yay, one little victory. Now I have to customize the look of my forum, and the most important task, build readership. Of course I will have to fill it with tons of my own fake post to make it look popular, and then hopefully over time, the readers will come. Build it and they will come, lol. I wish it was that easy.

Exploring Drupal

I have spent the last three days exploring Drupal. I was sent an e-mail from a guy on craigslist in response to one of my ads, and he gave me the impression that drupal or Joomla were the only ways to go when building your own website. It has been a long uphill battle, but slowly I am learning the program. I first went with free hosting, but that didn't work out well, so I decided to go with bluehost.com for hosting. From the reviews I read on the net, they seemed solid. Now, however I am having numerous problems redirecting my godaddy domain names. But hopefully, by the end of the week I will make some solid headway. Building a robust website is no easy task, but to make money on the web, it is a valuable skill indeed. I will keep you all posted. Cheers.

hockeyhick.com
maybe....
moogified.com
maybe ok.
MICROMOOG.COM
better still.
PANTONCHAIR.COM
nice!
isterio.com

http://www.piload.com/

This could be a juicy business. This website is on sale at ebay.com. They are the only one I discovered with a good alexa ranking. There must be some catch, but I am not sure. Anyway, I will monitor their success in the future. Someday, I may think of purchasing a successful website.

.mobi and .biz

.modi or dotmobi I heard is the newest and fastest grown web address. It was designed for cellular telephones and other devices with small screens. A lot of cyber squatters have moved in fast to buy up the best names. I wonder if it is too late for me to get into the game? Another interesting thing I learned is that .biz addresses are only for businesses so cyber squatters are not allowed. Trademarks will also apply. I will have to be sure to remember this. I wouldn't want to get in any trouble.

Now the waiting game. Trying to sell my domains.

I today I finally took the plunge. I went ahead and bought two domain names from godaddy.com. One is nissangtrblog.com. I am linking this one to my Nissan Skyline blog to see if it gets me more traffic. The other one is ssbbw4u.com and I am trying to sell this one on ebay. I figured I would put a starting price of $20.00. I also parked the site at sedo.com. Now, it's just a waiting game to see what kind of results I get. It would be stupid to run off and purchase a whole bunch of other domain names before I see what kind of success I can get with these two. Now I just need a little patience, like Axl Rose said. Dum di dum di dum di dum.

My experince buying domain names so far.

Reading a lot of stuff on the web, I decided to go with sedo.com. It seems they are the only one that lets you start by parking just one domain name. I want to start small, and see what kind of success I can get with just one good domain name. The first one I trued to buy, stupidcelebrity.com for $60 failed. They wrote me back and said they wanted $100,000 for the name?!? They also said they were using it to develop a website. I guess the price they quoted me was their way of saying "get lost", but if you are an idiot, you can buy the name. Today, I just bid on another name, peopleblog.com. I am eager to hear back about that. I really want to get some quality domains fast! I will keep reading and trying. Never say die!

The death of domain parking?!?

Here is a must read article. Try to read a number of the comments at the end. THey go on and on and on. But reading them raises a lot of questions, and gets you thinking about both sides of the argument. Enjoy!
http://www.dailydomainer.com/200733-200733-death-of-domain-parking.html

cafepress.com

cafepress.com
I keep on forgeting about this one. A great idea I mush try. You supply the design, and they do all the production, marketing and shipping. I will give it a go.

Some doamin names I would like to buy.

Here are a couple of domain names I would love to buy.

onemanstrash.com
freebay.com
I have a great concept that goes along with these sites.
nissanskyline.com
bbwblog.com
bbw.com
japanblog.com
nissangtr.com
These would just be for my other blogs.

Call me ambitious, but I will go out and try to find out how much I can get one of these for. I will try and go through the website owners directly.

Buying selling and parking domain names.

Domain names are the real estate of the internet. If you want a basic service, look at godaddy.com, but if you want that killer website name look at Snapnames.com, Enom.com, or pool.com. I learned all this form this article.
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/how-to-snatch-an-expiring-domain

Plenty of Fish.

Wow, the Canadian website plentyoffish.com has a traffic rank of 780 on Alexa!! Wow. I also heard they pull in $10,000 per day. Can this be true?!? Hear the podcast at
http://2webcrew.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/03/2web-crew-8-markus-frind-of-plentyoffishcom/
Actually it is run by one guy. I found it interesting in the podcast that they said he usually works only one hour a day, but reads for about six. Now I feel like I am not wasting my time so much. I read, read and read. Sometimes even eight straight hours a day. It is the most important thing you can do if you haven't found that killer idea yet.

http://moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com/

Here is a nicely set up blog from blogger. It has a traffic rank of 80,000. Not too bad.
http://moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com/

Make money with youtube

Check this out. Here is an interesting way to potentially make money with youtube. I say potentially because I haven't tried it yet. But I will give it a shot today. Here is a link to the article.
http://desinotes.com/how-to-make-money-from-youtube/

Blogwatch

http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/
A traffic rank of 214,000

Goddy's websitetonight way too slow.

Ahhh, I am feed up with slow building websites.

Talking about the Youtube adsense video player.

Idea,

Halo Bar. Video gamed theme bars may have a lot of potential.

Here is an example of what the Youtube adsense video player looks like. I typed in the words "adsense video player" in the automated content section so I hope something comes up that describes what the youtube adsense video player is all about.

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Finally, an Adsense video player for Youtube.

Finally, what I have been waiting for. About a month ago, the adsense video player has come out for youtube. As I am very interested to ad tons of video to my blog, this is a blessing. I could use the extra revenue. However....I was deeply discouraged by the fact that you can't pick the exact video you want to play. I heard something about "selected partners", so I guess they are being cautious about the type of content that shows up on the players. I guess it makes sense. But I think it will just be a matter of time before you can pick individual videos yourself. I eagerly wait for that day!

Adsense

Here I talk about my earnings on Adsense.

Your author.

Boingboing.net Vs

The market seems to be getting increasingly competitive. Boingboing.net appears to be on the downswing, while user generated sites like stumbleupon appears to be booming. I also looked at John Chow site, and he appears to be very consistent.

John Chow's free ebook

Very clever. John Chow is now offering his free ebook if you subscribe to his free newsletter. One day, when I amass enough web savey, I will release my own ebook. In the mean time, feel free to subscribe to my free newsletter by filling out your name and email in the space provided.

Bravenet vs godaddy

Bravenet and godaddy are very similar sites. The both provide a similar service. As I look at the alexa ranking, I can see that they are both loosing ground. I can only guess that the number of free blog hosting services must be cutting into their paying customers. As well as a more competetive market for these type of companys.

scratchback.com

This guy is ambitious. He created a tip system so small time bloggers can earn a little extra cash. He says it could potentially earn more than google adsense. Has anybody had success with this system?

So bravenet doesn't like Atheists?

I guess so according to this guy. Who ever knew atheism was a radical point of view. However, this guy does seem a bit unstable.

Add webtools with bravenet.com

Bravenet.com will let you add an number of different webtools to your blog or website. One thing I really wanted to add was a email list. I am not sure how to make money now with a e-mail list, but down the road, if I develop a new product, or something I want to promote, the e-mail list will be as good as gold. Try bravenet for yourself to see how you can spice up your site.

Search yourself in Technorati

A brilliant idea. Watch this video to learn more. I think I will go off now and look myself up in Technorati.
Hey, I just checked it out, and I was able to turn up a couple of videos about Oscillator Photography, cool!

Blogrush a waste of time?

Spring Widgets.

Another interesting new website I learned about from g4 tech TV is called spring widgets. Basically, you can create your own custom widgets. Only time will tell how I can benefit from this. To see what a spring widget looks like, take a look at the one about this blog on the right side. Not too shabby, eh. Visit
http://www.springwidgets.com
for more.

Wikipedia will pay artists.

I heard on the CBC radio that Wikipedia will pay $40 for every decent illustration uploaded. I looked on the web, but I was not able to find any information about this. Has anybody heard anything about this?

aide RSS-Read what matters.

I first heard about this site on G4 tech tv. The site is a useful tool that can analyze how many posts and well received stories there are on each blog. Basically, they designed the side so you can save time, and just read what matters as the above illustration displays. The address is http://www.aiderss.com/

Feedburner.com A must!

I highly suggest using feedburner.com. Create an account and you can instantly start adding your blogs to the feeds. There is even a monetize feature that allows feedburner to access your adsense ads so you can earn a little extra money. The stats section is very detailed as well, but it will take a little time before your stats start to show up. We all know how addictive stats can be. Remeber their logo as it is the one with the fire burning. You can see it to the upper right hand courner on my blog. The one that says "I love feedburner".

Claim your blog on Technorati

A must for any blogger is to claim your blog on Technorati (A very popular blog promotional site). Simply make an account, log in, go to my accounts and then click on the blog tab. Then fill in the information. This will greatly help to increase the visibility of your blog. Hey, it can't hurt.

Digging Digg.

I have started using Digg a lot because the name keeps coming up when I surf the net. I also heard John Chow (the famous blogger) talk about it on the tech channel. I have also learned that he has been banned form posting stories on Digg. I guess others were jealous because he was getting so many of his stories Dug. Anyway, Digg appears to be a very powerful tool to get traffic, and I will have to continue using it into the future. I added it to some of my celebrity stores, and on Google analytics, it has become my second highest source of traffic.



PS, They also have a cool little logo and a simple interface. It is easy to grap code and add it to your blog.

Blog Not Approved For Network? Blogrush.com

The mystery of the disappearing blogrush widgets. I started of having great success with the blogrush widgets, but now many of them have disappeared from my blogs. When I log into blogrush, it just says, "Blog Not Approved For Network" for many of my blogs. I guess my traffic must be too low, or maybe they have no use for the topic I am writing about. Well, at least three of my blogs have been approved.
Anyway, I like the dashboard part of blogrush when you are logged in. It says I have earned 73 credits. Also, it shows me with a buzz meter, what topics in my blogs are hot, and what is not.
I will continue using blogrush to see what kind of success I can have.
PS, I love the clean design of the widget. When I make all my blogs a success one day, I hope to see this widget on all my blogs.

Snazzy new Banner.

I have created a snazzy new banner for my blog. If anybody is looking for a custom banner, or logo design, get in touch with me and I will create one for you. Just be sure to write me up in your blog so I can benefit from the press. Any news is good news.

Start a contest!

One great way to make money from your blog is have a give away contest. Give one product (maybe one you have reviewed) to a random person who posts on your blog. This will entice more people to post, and therefore, increase traffic. Some top bloggers even get products for free, so giving them away is a win win situation. Wouldn't that be nice.

adult blogs. Good idea in theory but...

Here is an interesting blog about making money with adult blogs. Basically, the concepts are true, but.....there are lots of legal issues that were not addressed. Like the 2257 issue. For example, blogger will basically cancel all pornographic blogs, so be careful not to host here. I am still looking into this.
http://www.makemoneywithasexblog.blogspot.com/

Pornography, forever the monster of the net.

Here are some shocking fact (at least I think they are according to this website). Pornography makes around 100 billion dollars a year! And here are the top four countries. China, South Korea, Japan, and the USA. South Korea was quite a surprise as they have a very low population, and culturally, they strike me as very religious people. Anyway, check out the article at
http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics.html
A great read, with a great deal of information.

A losing battle. Friendfinder and Lavalife

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Affilitate programs.

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Feed up with godaddy

I signed up with godaddy.com and they have a program to build websites called website tonight. I am paying for the service (not much thank god), but I kinda regret doing that. The program is so clunky and slow, it's not even funny. The controls are also really hard to figure out. It took me forever to figure out how to insert Java code so I could run my Google ads, and I finally did. On a positive note, at least I could insert Google ads. The photography hosting website I work with does not allow me to insert ads, and I am not all that happy about that. Anyway, think twice about Website Tonight. It is way to slow for my liking.

PS, To tell you the truth, the main reason I went with Godaddy in the first place is because I saw a bike build Orange county Choppers did for them. Shows you the power of TV endorsement, eh.

PPS, The website I built is called http://jdmforum.info/
The website is in a complete state of disrepair because I always give up on the slow moving program.

World map roll overs.

I am a photographer, and I have a very innovative idea for a photo sharing website so I am looking for a web designer to work with. I think my idea may have a lot of potential for growth quickly. I need to find a designer who can build a user generated content website with login features and forums/blogs. Sound interesting?
Oh yea, the most important part. If the website generates revenue, I will share 50% with the web designer.

http://www.livemocha.com/
Social networking meet language exchange and learning.

Yuwie.com

Hummmm......Yuwie.com
They say they pay you for using this social networking website. Should I try it out?....Hummmm
I will have to think more about that.

A great new idea, or maybe they just steal your fresh idea. Check out, http://youbethevc.com/

http://ca.askmen.com/

Ask men is an incredibly popular website for men. They have a traffic rank of 964! Not too shabby. The website design is very nice too. Lots of information displayed on the front page, but it is not too cluttered.
http://ca.askmen.com/
or askmen.com

Here is a catchy name for a website/blog. The ironic thing is that they are only about art. They have good traffic to at 54,681
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/

Welcome to my blog about making money on the net. This blog journals my research into various creative ways to make money using the net. If I knew how to get rich off the net, I would not be writing this blog. Never the less, the eternal search for creative money making ideas will always be of interest to many.

Here is an interesting Idea. Lottery Journal.

I know of two people would have won $200,000 and $900,000 from playing the lottery. Of course, this is tax free money! Why not have an on-line day to day journal about buying lottery tickets, and see what kind of success one has. I am sure some readers would find this interesting.

Top blogs in the world now.

www.engadget.com/ Rank 535
http://www.boingboing.net/

thesheepmarket.com

Mind bogglingly creative art project. This one takes some thinking to understand. Check out
http://www.thesheepmarket.com/
and
http://www.experiglot.com/2006/05/24/a-creative-money-making-idea/
I would like to try a project like this with car design.

Blog watch! Check out NicheGeek.com

10 unusual ways to make money on the Internet. This article captivated me, and I recommend giving it a read. Too many interesting ideas to note.
http://www.nichegeek.com/10_unusual_ways_to_make_easy_money_on_the_internet_if_you_love_writing

Make money with photoshop.

That would be sweet! Here is a must see article for that.
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/01/23/5-easy-ways-to-make-money-online-with-photoshop/

Virtual money making

Look into World of warcraft and second life. Here is an interesting quote from http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/02/22/10-new-ways-to-make-money-online/

"Become a virtual gold farmer. A half million Chinese now earn income by acquiring and selling World of Warcraft gold to gamers in other countries. If you’re not a young person living in China, this probably isn’t a viable option for you. But what’s intriguing about it is the opportunity to make real money working in a virtual economy. People are making real-world money in Second Life too."

Virtual money making is surely a market to look at for the future.

Robin Good.

Robin Good has an interesting article about making money on the net. He is smart by saying "What I am learning is that you can make money by creating and cultivating multiple, small, income streams. Relying on one big source of income is always dangerous. If that resource disappears, so does your ability to survive."
Visit his page at http://www.masternewmedia.org/2005/02/07/how_to_make_money_with.htm

Myspace or Facebook?

Myspace and Facebook both have great potential for promoting whatever website or event you have in mind. However, from my experience, Facebook is vastly superior because they automatically create links for people to click on so they can go directly to your website. Unless myspace thinks about these types of things, they will surely loose out to Facebook. Also, I hate the fact that too many people have a busy, poorly designed looking myspace pages. Too much damn bling. I far prefer facebooks simple white on blue look. Those are my 2 cents. Facebook wins hands down.

G4 teck Tv

I often watch G4 teck TV, and this is a show called EP, Electric Playground. They talk about adsense, but I can't pick up what website they are talking about. Does anybody know?

$1 Million in Google AdSense Earnings

By Scott J Adams

They are calling him the million dollar man. Jason Calacanis recently revealed in his blog that he is on track to earn a million dollars from AdSense over the year ahead.

And if that number doesn’t wake you up and have you sitting on the edge of your seat, consider for a moment that he reached this level in less than a year. His company only started using AdSense in September 2004.

Calacanis runs Weblogs Inc., a network dedicated to creating trade weblogs across niche industries. And he’s quickly proven that AdSense is a credible advertising partner.

As their network has grown, so has their AdSense revenue. In January 2005 they earned an average of $580 per day. In March it was $737. In May it was $1,585. One day in July, just before he made the blog entry referred to above, they earned $2,335. Remember that is just for one day. If they can take that daily average to $2,740 they’ll be earning a rate of $1 million for a year. And Calacanis predicts that reaching daily earnings of $3,000 or even $5,000 is quite achievable.

That’s quite an achievement. Keep in mind that Calacanis has 103 bloggers on the payroll and nine staffers. Even so, many webmasters would give an arm or a leg to have even a third of that.

Google’s AdSense has been revolutionary. It has become firmly established as the darling of the online advertising industry. Although rumors are heard of major competitors launching a similar service, AdSense’s premier position seems secure for now.

In essence, AdSense has made it possible for almost anyone with a web site or blog to earn some revenue from advertising, without having to employ sales people or spend precious time searching for advertisers.

AdSense works like this. Webmasters sign up for an account in just a few minutes. They receive a small snippet of code to include on their web pages. Google will then automatically serve advertisements that are relevant to the content on the webmaster's pages. When someone visits the webmaster's site and clicks on one of Google's AdSense advertisements, the webmaster earns a fee. Advertisers can pay anywhere from five cents to a hundred dollars per click, and the webmaster receives a percentage of that fee.

Many webmasters are content with earning five to ten dollars from AdSense to cover the cost of web hosting. But many, unsurprising, have higher ambitions. At a popular WebmasterWorld forum, participants share tips and encouragement on reaching a goal of $300 per day from AdSense. So it is no wonder that Calacanis created quite a buzz when he made his million dollar blog entry.

Google have proven once again that they excel at designing innovative Internet services. If you are in the web industry and have not yet used AdSense, then perhaps you should try it out. Or if you are already using it, perhaps Calacanis’ impressive results will encourage you to track the performance of your AdSense units more closely, fine tune their positions and formats, and take your earnings to a new level.

Calacanis’ million dollar blog entry can be viewed at:
http://calacanis.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000403051129/

Scott Adams is an internet entrepreneur, and earns a living by marketing affiliate programs on pay-per-click search engines, including Google’s AdSense. He explains the remarkable system he uses in his book, Affiliate Adventure, which is available at http://www.AffiliateAdventure.com .

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Traffic to Profifit ratio

3000 page views a day = eCPM $30

Funerella.com

Funerella.com has a traffic rank of: 88,206

• URL: funerella.com
• Established: 9 Jun 2007
• Uniques/Month: 88,665
• Page views/month: 1,825,000
• Monthly Revenue: $235 - $280
• Listed: 26 Sep 2007

Johncow.com- Google Adsense - $39.47
Total Revenue: $1067 other ads

Good Website Ideas

Google.com has a traffic rank of: 3
Blogger.com has a traffic rank of: 13
Istockphoto.com has a traffic rank of: 324
Squidoo.com has a traffic rank of: 555
Perezhilton.com has a traffic rank of: 740
Hotornot.com has a traffic rank of: 1,071
Problogger.net has a traffic rank of: 2,230
Guykawasaki.com has a traffic rank of: 13,606
Digital-photography-school.com has a traffic rank of: 15,014
Dannychoo.com has a traffic rank of: 15,291
Johncow.com has a traffic rank of: 15,757
Calacanis.com has a traffic rank of: 21,088
Japansugoi.com has a traffic rank of: 49,036
Cardesignnews.com has a traffic rank of: 66,497
Sushicam.com has a traffic rank of: 312,022
See savetoby.com 435,492
Anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com has a traffic rank of: 930,951
Swapw.blogspot.com has a traffic rank of: 954,673
Herroflomjapan.com has a traffic rank of: 991,982
dopplegangr.com 1,308,103
Quaisi.net has a traffic rank of: 3,070,632
Anenglishmaninnyugun.blogspot.com has a traffic rank of: 9,568,549

Two new ways to make a little extra cash.

I have recently discovered http://www.squidoo.com/
If anybody has had luck with this website, please comment here.

Another interesting idea is from https://www.adbrite.com
They have an interesting idea that appeals to me. For people who put lots of pictures on their blogs. Ad links can be inserted into the pictures. The system is called britepic. Again, let me know if anybody has had any success.

Still, there is another one called AuctionAds.com. From what I have read, results seem mixed, but anybody out there, feel free to know how much luck you have had.

If you have a blog with high traffic, look into www.reviewme.com
My blog was rejected because the traffic is too low, but I will keep this site in mind.

Here is a guy who's blog I have been reading a lot. He has a lot of concrete idea's about how to make money on the net.
http://swapw.blogspot.com/

Top Paying Google Adsense Keywords List

I have done some research into top paying keyword. Whether this information is true or not, who knows. I think google is very tight lipped about exact figures, but here is what I have found from searching the Internet.

mesothelioma $100.00
auto insurance quote $57.18
medifast weight loss $48.18
conference calling $36.26
register a domain name $34.51
laptop data recovery $23.60
singles in las vegas $20.95

Paid Blogging: Is This A Scam?

By Daniel McGonagle

For those of you who are new, this is the time to start making money through blogging. Profiting from paid blogging is rewarding not only for bloggers, but for advertisers as well. The controversy with paid blogging is more of an issue of the trust a reader has in the blog they read. One of the great things about paid blogging is that the offers/opps give you some great writing prompts. Well there is no doubt in my mind that paid blogging is here to stay and it will definitely have the potential to create many future bloggers who are paid for their writing. Blogging has becoming a way for regular “Joes” to generate an income. Profiting from paid blogging is rewarding not only for bloggers, but for advertisers as well.

Blogging

A new form of online advertising has emerged in the form of paid blogging. The three most important websites associated with paid blogging are ReviewMe, PayPerPost and SponsoredReviews. Thus, while in the case of ReviewMe, advertisers select and contact bloggers, in case of PayPerPost, bloggers themselves make their offers to advertisers after selecting from the posted blogging opportunities on PayPerPost website. If they meet advertiser's conditions they are awarded blogging reviews. But if you're going to make a career outof blogging, you've got to earn money -- enough to live on -- doing it.

Here, paid blogging is a respected job and many rewrite 10-15 posts daily to make ends meet. Like it or not, paid blogging is here to stay.

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Get rich blogging

My new addiction is blogging. My challenge is to earn as much as possible writing about subjects I am interested in. AdSense was he first essential step. Now I am just trying to build content, and keep the ball rolling. Google analytics is another essential tool to keep track of your stats. I have been reading problogger.com a lot as it is full of interesting articles. There is one article I read once about the richest bloggers and it included the authors pictures, but I haven't been able to find the article, so if anybody has a link to it, please pass it my way. So from my first week of research, here are the key points.

1. Adsense (Forget about referral ads, this does not work for the most part)
2. Google Analytics
3. Read problogger.com
4. Use Craigslist.org to get traffic
5. Post comments on others blogs to get more traffic

Getting Traffic
I place clever ads on craigslist.org. For example, I try to sell some products, and I give a link to my blog. I win in both ways doing this because I not only get to sell something, I get a ton of traffic too. I have found that if you just post a bunch of links to your blogs, the posting will be flagged and removed.
Also, it is a no brainer, but put links on your myspace and facebook as well. I am also a stock photographer, so I have put links on all my stock photography selling websites like istockphoto.com for example.

I hope this information will serve you as well as it has served me.

Sincerely
PA